Festival scientifically-proven to entertain young minds

A south London festival is scientifically-proven to entertain young minds. Brain Waves festival at Wimbledon’s Polka children’s theatre from September 21 to October 16 sees performance meet neuroscience in a series of shows, workshops, screenings and talks. Polka’s artistic director Peter Glanville said: “I thought it would be really interesting to have a period where over a few weeks we had a festival format which explored a particular theme in more detail and for the first time allowed wider conversations to happen around a particular theme. “There is so much stuff that is coming out research-wise about neuroscience, and in particular in terms of how the brain changes and develops in children and how huge and significant that can be particularly with early years children. “It is also telling us…